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		<title>Spring must be coming, because I want to clean.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started my sabbatical officially in October 2009.  However, I didn&#8217;t tie up most of my &#8220;loose ends&#8221; until pretty much the New Year.  &#60;internal musing>I wonder if that makes it okay to say that my sabbatical actually started January 2010&#8230;&#60;/internal musing> Since then, I&#8217;ve been doing pretty much what I thought I&#8217;d be doing.
Nothing.
Ohhhh&#8230;. I know that sounds bad.  (Well, except for the people that do think that the words &#8220;going [...]


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		<title>Where to begin?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here I am, it&#8217;s a Thursday morning, and I feel like I&#8217;m walking back into my office after a looooong painful holiday. That statement is partially true because I actually was away for the holidays, but the painful part is because upon my return, I came down with the flu.  I did manage to make it into my office a few times, but I couldn&#8217;t do much that was worth anything (as you can [...]


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		<title>Putting things into perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, in these first two weeks of the New Year, I&#8217;ve uncovered a few things about myself &#8211; my limitations and expectations, and how reality is meshing with them all.  Especially over this weekend, since I&#8217;ve literally been forced to sit in bed with nothing more to entertain me than my own thoughts (well, when I wasn&#8217;t spiking a fever.  Dang flu.)
Number one is, this first couple of months of this sabbatical have [...]


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		<title>Changing the mindset for the New Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I&#8217;m terrible.  Here it is, January 4th, and I&#8217;m just now wishing everyone a &#8220;Happy New Year&#8221;.  I had a reason, though&#8230; I wen to West Virginia to visit with my family and we were down there for almost 2 weeks.  My mom doesn&#8217;t have a great internet connection and&#8230; well, we tend to not spend our time with electronic devices anyway.
So, that being said, I get &#8220;Inglorious Basterds&#8221; as a [...]


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		<title>More on the treadmill desk</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to give a little update on my previous posting about my new treadmill desk setup.  It&#8217;s still set up the same way &#8211; my husband hasn&#8217;t been able to actually create a better working desk than the current prototype, due to an unexpected garage emergency involving electrical wiring and discussions about suing the dude who did the house inspection before we bought the place because we&#8217;re seriously lucky our house hasn&#8217;t [...]


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		<title>Why I moderate comments</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people feel that moderation of comments of a blog (such as this) is bad practice, and is performed pretty much by people who believe themselves to be the end-all of correctness. Only people who love themselves and care nothing for other people&#8217;s opinions moderate the comments on their site.  (This observation, anyway, is something I&#8217;ve seen in my years as a blog-reader and Twitterer, but I don&#8217;t have any direct references to such [...]


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		<title>I have a plan. No, really. I swear.</title>
		<link>http://brassblogs.com/blog/i-have-a-plan-no-really-i-swear</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, you may have noticed a new layout here on the site, with a big, fat announcement that I&#8217;ve gone on sabbatical.  Yes, it&#8217;s true (obviously).  The reason I finally decided to do this was because my business was going down one path, while my dreams for my business were leading down another.  It&#8217;s been nearly 8 years since I took on my very first client, and I&#8217;ve come to understand why [...]


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		<title>Hello, my name is Shelly Cole, and I&#8217;m a web designer.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, my name is Shelly Cole, and I&#8217;m a web designer.
I run a small web design and development company in the Hartford suburb of Simsbury, CT.
My goal is to create beautiful and usable websites that connect with people.
My passion is finding solutions to challenges that are presented to me.
My inspiration is from life, the world, and from you.


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		<title>Holy crap, I made a boo-boo!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was just informed about a stupid mistake I made with my CakeShop plugin (formerly called &#8220;Simple Cart&#8221;).  So please, if ANY of you have downloaded those files before today, redownload them NOW.
Here&#8217;s the reason why&#8230;

Basically, I&#8217;m developing that simple code into a serious plugin that will hopefully help a lot of people who want to use shopping systems on their site.  Now, there are some awesome shopping cart plugins out there already, [...]


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		<title>Defining My Place, Part V: Modesty is a Virtue</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think this one is the one I&#8217;m having the most trouble with right now.  I was raised with a particular set of beliefs and values.  I would imagine many older people would relate to this more than most people my own age would: keep your head down and work hard, and you will earn respect and recognition.  There&#8217;s no need to &#8220;toot your own horn,&#8221; because if you&#8217;re really good and [...]


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